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It looked unlikely they would offer much of a contest after Chris Wood and Kevin Long scored in the first nine minutes. That was in the 72nd minute. Leicester's fight for a seventh-place finish in the Premier League remains manager Claude Puel's top priority despite their recent defeat to Newcastle.

Pleasant Company , with Kilkenny jockey David Mullins on board, had headed the race for most of the four plus miles but over the last fence, Tiger Roll took the lead and pulled away at the elbow. Irishman Russell, the oldest jockey in the race at 38, has had some hard times over the past couple of months after the death of his mother Phyllis at the start of March and the news of fellow weighing room veteran Pat Smullen's diagnosis with a tumour.

Pregame reading: The Golden State Warriors open their title defense on Saturday afternoon against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of their first-round National Basketball Association playoff series. Curry is scheduled to be re-evaluated Saturday yet Kerr noted that "he's not close to playing". And that was before they had Kevin Durant . "Steve's probably the best person in the world to try to navigate a team through what we've experienced, because he's actually lived it as a ...

The two met at the quarter-final stage previous year and Real advanced after scoring three times in extra-time of the second leg once Bayern had gone down to 10 men. French club Marseille will play FC Salzburg, the club backed by soft drinks giant Red Bull, in the other semi-final. Cristiano Ronaldo was the hero 12 months ago, netting five times over the two legs in the 6-3 aggregate win, and after his heroics against Juventus in the quarter-finals he will be the man to carry the hopes ...

They also finished the last campaign without a loss over the final seven games under former coach Luis Enrique. You can not have a bad moment in this competition and that happened to us the other day'. Suarez opened scoring for Barcelona in the 15th minute off a defence splitting pass from Coutinho as he ran to the ball and slotted past Neto in goal for Valencia .

She said she had authorised British action after intelligence showed Assad's government was to blame for gassing the Damascus suburb of Douma a week ago. He further noted that his country "recommends and encourages a political solution to solve the Syrian crisis", stressing that "military action would only deepen the conflict in this Middle Eastern nation".

Arsenal have made it through to the Europa League semi-finals but must now take care of domestic matters against Newcastle . Benitez has also credited Dubravka and Kenedy's influence on improving Newcastle's form, claiming the added competition for places saw a marked improvement across the board.

Meanwhile, both MI and DD are searching for their first win of the season. Mumbai Indians " hopes of a 200-plus total hit a roadblock as they floundered in the "death overs' and had to settle for 193 for seven in 20 overs. Krunal Pandya was hit hard by Pant but Kieron Pollard took a beauty of a catch straight down the ground in deep. After being placed at 158 for 2 at the end of 15 overs, the Mumbai batsmen could only muster 35 runs in the last five overs, losing five wickets as well.

Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Skittles Toyota, stands by his vehicle during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. With his team opting to bypass qualifying in a backup vehicle, Harvick must start the race from the back of the 39-car field. Harvick's suspension broke on a practice lap in the morning and his vehicle took a right turn into the outside wall.

When asked about getting his career back on track and to where he was several years ago, Griffin says that's not his focus, because he's in Baltimore to do whatever he can for the team. Griffin, though, has played in just five games during the past three years, and although head coach John Harbaugh described the Griffin signing as "a steal", there's no guarantee Griffin will be on the roster come September.

As per Taran Adarsh, the trade analyst, the movie that has a simple yet beautiful love story in it has managed a slow start at the box office and has earned Rs 5.04 crore at the thatres on its first day of the release. Many are calling October , Varun's best so far. That seems to be even more true for October , which releases today. The Vicky Donor director also said it was very fearless of Varun to act in an unconventional and unusual movie.

A draw for the UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals had no mercy for the defending champions , as Real Madrid will face heavyweight Bayern Munich , while in the second matchup the fifth-time champions Liverpool goes on AS Roma . Reacting to the draw, Roma captain Daniele De Rossi told his club's website: "We have seen the draw now and, it would have changed little whoever we had got".

The Englishman enjoyed the excellent early conditions and got his second round off to the ideal start as he rolled in a 15-foot putt for birdie at the 10th. Ian Poulter and Si Woo Kim were tied for second. "It's nice. If you keep bogeys off your card you're generally going to have a good round". Much of the field thrived in mild, sunny conditions where even the course's typically hard closing stretch of No.

As we've seen in boxing on many occasions talk is cheap, so if Wilder isn't wanting the mega fight just yet, Joshua will have to look elsewhere. A fight with Miller, an unbeaten American, could take place on August 25 in NY, giving Joshua the chance to make his U.S.

The Reds brushed Premier League leaders Manchester City aside in the quarter-finals to earn a draw against Salah's old club Roma , fresh from knocking out Barcelona, in the last four. Why? Chelsea look, judging by their mediocre display in drawing with West Ham United last weekend, like a side going through through the motions.

Vinesh, in a magnificent performance, defeated Canada's Jessica Macdonald 13-3, thus defending her title from Glasgow. Another loss to Aminat Adeniyi of Nigeria ended her chances of winning the gold medal. Neeraj Chopra won a historic Gold medal in men's javelin throw with a distance of 86.47m. Meanwhile, in men's 125 kg freestyle category, wrestler Sumit Malik won the Gold medal.

This is her third medal in CWG 2018 and also became the first ever Indian woman to win a gold medal in the singles at CWG. Manika seemed to be India's biggest surprise in Gold Coast as she kicked off her way into the third table tennis finale on Saturday sunrise.

The other players on the shortlist are Harry Kane, David De Gea, Leroy Sane and David Silva . The left-back-cum-winger has been the key man as the Cottagers have enjoyed a brilliant season in the second tier, and they look well set to gain promotion, either by finishing second or winning the play-offs.

Willie Taggart was introduced as Florida State's newest head football coach on December 6. It's another wrinkle in Florida State's three-man battle for the top spot on the depth chart in Taggart's up-tempo, spread, power rushing offense.